docs: def format_event_log_date(date_string, utc):
      """Gets a date in the format that the SoftLayer_EventLog object likes.
  
      :param string date_string: date in mm/dd/yyyy format
      :param string utc: utc offset. Defaults to '+0000'
      """
      user_date_format = "%m/%d/%Y"
  
      user_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_string, user_date_format)
      dirty_time = user_date.isoformat()
  
      if utc is None:
          utc = "+0000"
  
      iso_time_zone = utc[:3] + ':' + utc[3:]
      cleaned_time = "{}.000000{}".format(dirty_time, iso_time_zone)
  
      return cleaned_time